Wanda McCaddon
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English
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"Du Maurier is in a class by herself."
-New York Times
Perhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca-the basis for the Academy Award-winning motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock-Daphne de Maurier began her illustrious writing career penning short stories. In The Doll, thirteen of du Maurier's early shorter fictional works have been collected-each story written before the author's twenty-third birthday and some in print for...
2) The Doll
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English
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Tales of human frailty and obsession, and of romance gone tragically awry. In these pages, a waterlogged notebook washes ashore revealing a dark story of jealousy and obsession, a vicar coaches a young couple divided by class issues, and an older man falls perilously in love with a much younger woman - with each tale demonstrating du Maurier's extraordinary storytelling gifts and her deep understanding of human nature.